Causes of American Revolutionary War
War fought between 1754-1763 that led to the British taxing the colonist?
French and Indian
Author of Declaration?
Thomas Jefferson
Turning point battle -the French enter the war afterwards
Saratoga
Group that wrote letters to each other informing each other on what was going on in the colonies with the American REv. War
Committees of Correspondence
Date of Declaration of INDEPENDENCE?
July 4, 1776
At what gathering was George Washington voted as the commander of the American forces
Second Continental Congress
Three Unalienable Rights
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
Last major battle where Cornwallis was surrounded?
Yorktown
What event led to the passing of the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Tea Party
Dates of American Revolutionary WAr
1775-1783
Came together after Intolerable acts and appealed to King George III and called for another meeting the next year?
First Continental Congress
When can you overthrow a government?
destructive
Battle in which Washington crosses Delaware captures the Hessians morale booster?
Trenton
What were the German mercenaries called?
Hessians
Word that means refusals to buy British goods
boycott
Placed after repeal of Stamp Act and said that Parliament had the right to pass any law they wished over the colonist?
Declaratory
Where does power come from according to Declaration?
the governed-the people
Place where the colonist built a camp after Saratoga; city of wooden barracks and huts, few men had uniforms here and shoes; but the endured it with Washington
Valley Forge
Why did the colonists oppose the Tea Act of 1773 even though it provided tea at a lower price?
Monopoly given to the East India Company
Author of Common Sense that said it is "Tis Time to Part"
Thomas Paine
Name two parts of the Intolerable Acts
Closed port of Boston until tea paid for
Massachusetts colonial charter war revoked
British officials accused of crimes tried in England
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Battle after Trenton in which Washington pretends to be in camp and then goes 12 miles in middle of night to surprise attack?
Princeton
Who was a drillmaster of the Continental army at Valley Forge
Von Steubon
Placed taxes on glass, paint paper and tea replaced the Stamp Act- proposed that revenue raised should be used to pay royal officials salaries
Townshend Acts